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ann2525's review against another edition
4.0
The story was really good, I really got attached to the characters, I like how the story starts out pretty much present time and then skips ahead to about a hundred years later. The story is very believable. I found the beginning where the agents go out and recruit test subjects to be very realistic and also I thought the description of how and what they turned into to be scary. The author also gives some of the test subjects who are men who have done horrific things great backgrounds and you do feel sorry for what has happened to them and what happens to them next.
The jump ahead to the future and the new characters introduced are really well written. I liked reading about the future and what has happened to the world or what the characters think has happened to the world because they are really limited to their small world of isolation. I like how throughout the book the author ties together all of the story, nothing is left unexplained if you pay attention. I didn't love the ending because you don't know for sure what happens to several of the characters. I do hope there is a sequel because I'd like to know what happens next.
The jump ahead to the future and the new characters introduced are really well written. I liked reading about the future and what has happened to the world or what the characters think has happened to the world because they are really limited to their small world of isolation. I like how throughout the book the author ties together all of the story, nothing is left unexplained if you pay attention. I didn't love the ending because you don't know for sure what happens to several of the characters. I do hope there is a sequel because I'd like to know what happens next.
threegoodrats's review against another edition
5.0
Review: http://blog.threegoodrats.com/2011/05/you-will-drink-blood-of-world-and-fill.html
ja_mehess's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
grahamclements's review against another edition
5.0
An absolutely brilliant apocalyptic adventure that returns vampires back to the monsters they should be. More indepth review coming.
melanietrumbo's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
asaph95's review against another edition
Dnf: chapter 30 (audio)
I just could not get past the time jump in this book. It completely ruined it for me. It was incredible before. Disappointed but can’t see myself finishing it.
I just could not get past the time jump in this book. It completely ruined it for me. It was incredible before. Disappointed but can’t see myself finishing it.
njdarkish's review against another edition
2.0
Maybe it's just because I've burned myself out on post-apocalyptic stuff during my brief zombie obsession but I was pretty bored reading this whole book.
beaktastic's review against another edition
5.0
So I bought this book about 2 years ago, and have been meaning to read it since I got it, however life (and University) kinda got in the way and so I've only just gotten around to reading it really. And I loved it.
As the info bit above describes, 'The Passage' tells the story of a young girl called Amy Harper Bellafonte. In 2018, the military was experimenting with a virus they discovered, trying to create powerful super soldiers using death row inmates... and eventually 6 year old Amy. However, one night, an (inevitable really) catastrophe strikes - the 12 infected experiments escape, resulting in the fast and widespread infection of the US and the end of civilization as we know it. Eventually, what remains of humanity, struggling to survive in a world where to be out at night without the protection of light means certain death at the hands of the virals, must learn to fight if they want to survive for much longer.
Cronin has created an amazing epic tale. It's incredibly detailed and well thought out, making it believable and chilling. The characters are so well rounded and thought out, every aspect of their past thought out to decide how they would react to certain situations and what their motivations are. Cronin's narrative begins around 2012 then moves on slowly to 2018, and the events that lead up to the outbreak of the virus, before moving on decades into a fully realised and thought out future. The level of detail and planning that has gone into this is amazing.
The story itself starts off as your kind of standard end-of-the-world/virus outbreak story. But that just kind of occupies that first quarter of the book, and the rest of it focuses on the people in the future who have been born into this world of fear and darkness, who are trying to find a way to survive in this world as it slowly begins to crumble around them.
The main narrative is fairly linear and floats between different characters, which is nice as it gives an insight into the motivations and minds of a wide variety of characters. It also briefly segways several times into the past of the characters to reveal pertinent moments from their past, which either directly affect the main narrative or just reveal more about the person itself. It's also told in an interesting way, mostly from a 3rd person perspective following each important character, but occasionally punctuated by extracts from diaries and emails, adding to the sense of realism, as if someone was reading this and trying to discover what happened in a future beyond what occurs in the books.
I have to say, most of the story isn't quite what I was expecting when I read the blurb of the book, but it was probably actually better than I imagined once I started to read it. The book was gripping, particularly after the halfway point. I actually read half of the book last night, staying up late to finish it. Overall, an amazing book!
As the info bit above describes, 'The Passage' tells the story of a young girl called Amy Harper Bellafonte. In 2018, the military was experimenting with a virus they discovered, trying to create powerful super soldiers using death row inmates... and eventually 6 year old Amy. However, one night, an (inevitable really) catastrophe strikes - the 12 infected experiments escape, resulting in the fast and widespread infection of the US and the end of civilization as we know it. Eventually, what remains of humanity, struggling to survive in a world where to be out at night without the protection of light means certain death at the hands of the virals, must learn to fight if they want to survive for much longer.
Cronin has created an amazing epic tale. It's incredibly detailed and well thought out, making it believable and chilling. The characters are so well rounded and thought out, every aspect of their past thought out to decide how they would react to certain situations and what their motivations are. Cronin's narrative begins around 2012 then moves on slowly to 2018, and the events that lead up to the outbreak of the virus, before moving on decades into a fully realised and thought out future. The level of detail and planning that has gone into this is amazing.
The story itself starts off as your kind of standard end-of-the-world/virus outbreak story. But that just kind of occupies that first quarter of the book, and the rest of it focuses on the people in the future who have been born into this world of fear and darkness, who are trying to find a way to survive in this world as it slowly begins to crumble around them.
The main narrative is fairly linear and floats between different characters, which is nice as it gives an insight into the motivations and minds of a wide variety of characters. It also briefly segways several times into the past of the characters to reveal pertinent moments from their past, which either directly affect the main narrative or just reveal more about the person itself. It's also told in an interesting way, mostly from a 3rd person perspective following each important character, but occasionally punctuated by extracts from diaries and emails, adding to the sense of realism, as if someone was reading this and trying to discover what happened in a future beyond what occurs in the books.
I have to say, most of the story isn't quite what I was expecting when I read the blurb of the book, but it was probably actually better than I imagined once I started to read it. The book was gripping, particularly after the halfway point. I actually read half of the book last night, staying up late to finish it. Overall, an amazing book!